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Hearing Health
Hearing Health
On Preventing and Overcoming Type 2 Diabetes
A compendium of popular questions and their answer. We always welcome your thoughts and inquiries!
Following are a sampling of some the most popular questions asked "It's Your Hearing Health" questions and answers published throughout North America over the past year. These answers are not meant as diagnosis in any way, but for the education of consumers and professionals alike.…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Abstract: Arguably the world's most psychoactive drug, products containing caffeine as traded commodities are surpassed only by sales of petroleum products. Caffeine consumption has increased among all age groups, even down to toddlers innocently sipping on a 16 oz. Coca Colas, so much so that growing attention is turning to both the short-term and long-term…
A Letter Regarding TMJ Syndrome and Headaches.
Dear Dr. Chartrand: I came in to see you, because I was having earaches. You examined me, and suggested that see a orthotic specialist. He examined me, and said I had a problem with my jaw as a result of an injury from 32 years ago. I was very surprised that it showed up…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Research shows that music students: Do better in reading and math than non-music students, overcome learning disabilities easier, go to college in greater numbers, are better behaved, and are more successful in their careers
Those students who take weekly music lessons, perform with a band, orchestra, or choir, and practice individually 25 minutes or…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
An overview of the kinds of damage that can be done to ears in various noise situations.
You go to a rock concert, mega-sporting event, or some other high decibel activity. At the door, an usher hands out earplugs to those who want them. Home safe, right? Wrong! You might partially protect your ears…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Includes the following articles: How Much Water Should You be Drinking Daily? & Overuse of Diuretics and Hypertensive
At a half-gallon per day, the blood volume (BV) begins to fall, and the kidneys respond by concentrating the body's sodium content. At one quart of water per day the body develops hypernatremia (extremely high sodium) as…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Dizziness is a symptom not a disease. It may be defined as a sensation of unsteadiness, imbalance, or disorientation in relation to an individual's surroundings. The symptom of dizziness may vary widely from person to person and be caused by many difference diseases. It varies from a mild unsteadiness to a severe whirling sensation…
A Reader asks why, during ear impression taking, she can still hear conversation.
Question:
When ear impressions were being made on me at my dispenser's office I could still hear him and my husband in conversion as if my ears were not even plugged. I was surprised, because both ears were filled with material all the way to the eardrums.…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Collapsed or Prolapsed Ear Canals: A reader asks about deterioration of the cartilage of her external ear.
Question:
A few years ago my left ear cartilage collapsed, and I had to have surgery to open it back up. I feel it is happening again, as it closes up on me when I barely touch…
Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
A reader asks about their vertigo condition. From It's Your Hearing Health
Question:
For the past few months I've been having dizzy spells. I've seen three doctors for this, and each one says a different thing. Is it that hard to figure out what makes us dizzy? --- Mrs. R. M.
Answer;
Dear Mrs. R. M.:…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Reprinted from Audiology Online, July 30, 2003
The author reveals the connection between today's diabetic epidemic and factors affecting the hearing-impaired population
Research findings in diabetes and hearing loss continue to affirm their related and positive correlation. Although one cannot say with certainty that having a specific type or degree of diabetes will absolutely cause a…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Commentary on the affects of the various types of hyperlipidemia on one's hearing
The effects of cholesterol-based conditions called hyperlipidemia or hyperlipoproteinemia on human cochleae, particularly at the stria vascularis, have presented a number of "mystery cases" of fluctuating cochlear threshold readings. Some of the most dramatic cases observed in our practice are those hearing…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
A reader poses a question regarding a chronic yeast problem in the ears that has not responded to medical treatment.
Question:
For 9 years now I've suffered from yeast in my ears. No matter what my doctor does, antibiotics and other kinds of eardrops, it still itches. Recently, it required two trips to the…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
The human sense of hearing has been called a 'most precious of gift'. Indeed, it contributes more to our social, mental, spiritual, and physical well being than all the other senses combined. In fact, language and communication would nearly cease to exist without it. Relationships that bind society together would evaporate. Intellectual progress would…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
A reader asks about a possible correlation between her osteoporosis condition and advancing hearing impairment. It's Your Hearing Health
Question:
Someone suggested that it is entirely possible that my osteoporosis condition can be contributing to my advancing hearing loss. Please, explain. --- Mrs. J.W.
Answer:
Dear Mrs. J.W.: Many patients are not aware that the…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Noise Protection
You go to a rock concert, mega-sporting event, or some other high decibel activity. At the door, an usher hands out earplugs to those who want them. Home safe, right? Wrong! You might partially protect your ears from the harshest effects of death-defying sound pressures. But what about the rest of the body?…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Whatever we take into our bodies goes into our ears.
One of the banes of today's modern society is the mass production and commercialization of food preparation. In short, today's "Taste Wars" have given us food, or rather "food substitutes", which can be so unhealthy and toxic to our bodies. While many non-affluent populations…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
If you take aspirin, drink coffee, smoke cigarettes or marijuana, drink alcohol, or use certain drugs -- legal or illegal, you may be poisoning your years.
Every day, the media reports findings linking toxic substances to cancer, blindness, nerve disorders, toxic shock, heart attack, congenital deformity, and a slew of other maladies.
But what about…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
A reader question asks about the harmful effects of drinking large quantities of water daily.
Question:
Sometime back I read in your column about the health effects of chronic dehydration. I have the opposite situation. In an effort to lose body weight I drink more 2 gallons of water per day. Is this a good…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
One of the most misunderstood issues among both patients and their healthcare professionals is the significance (or lack of) of one's blood pressure. This brief monologue will review some of the basic principles governing issues surrounding artificial control of the circulatory system and its influence on hearing health.
MICRO & MACRO: BIRDS OF DIFFERENT FEATHERS…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Note: the following papers are strictly for public education purposes, and are not meant to be taken as medical advice.
Simple, uncomplicated dehydration is something we see more and more these days in patients at our practice, with all the detrimental health consequences it brings.
The average adult needs about four quarts of water…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Figuring prominently in one's health history are medications, especially those that may be ototoxic -- poison to the ears. In this case, Therapeutic Aspirin can be a bane or boon, depending on dosage and individual reactions.
Some years back, while guest consulting at a seaside clinic in southeastern Texas an eighty-two year-old female hearing…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Dr. Max Stanley Chartrand responds to reader inquiries about the importance of drinking the proper amount of water and its effects upon hearing health.
ARE YOUR DRINKING THE PROPER AMOUNT OF WATER?
The Effects of Semi-Dehydration on Hearing Health
Simple, uncomplicated dehydration is something we see more and more these days in patients at our…
By Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Garlic & Ginkgo: Leaders in the Quiet Revolution
Disregard for nutrition and natural approaches has long been the Achilles' heel of modern medicine. This has spawned an aged population increasingly dependent upon prescription drugs; over-diagnosed dementia; and a plethora of "irreversible" physical infirmities erroneously attributed to "growing old."
Despite these trends, many individuals and their…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
A Reader Asks About the Efficacy of Ear Candling
Question:
What is your opinion about ear candling?
Answer:
Ear candling was devised centuries ago when we did not have otoscopes, cerumen management procedures or equipment, etc. It's methodology involves the presupposition that you are indeed dealing with earwax, which definitively is actually a complex…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
Question:
I wear hearing aids, and the itching nearly drives me crazy. I clean my ears everyday with alcohol and a Q-tip, but it just seems to get worse. --- Mr. H.M.
Answer:
Dear Mr. H.M.: The second half of your question tells me why the first half is a problem (smile). Seriously, the last…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
The Role of Keratin in the External Ear Canal
The keratin layer of tissue of the external ear canal is made up of inorganic protein (no circulatory or neurological system), similar in chemistry to human hair. It lies across the top of the ear canal from the aperture of the ear canal all the…
By Dr. Max S. Chartrand Ph.D.
The External Ear's Self-Cleaning Processes
Key words: Self-cleaning, external ear canal, eardrum, desquamation, tissue migration, umbo, stratum corneum, keratin, epithelium, fungus, yeast, pseudomonas, vagus (Arnold's reflex), video otoscopy, earwax, cerumen, sebaceous secretions, sensorineural, conductive, external otitis, botanical solution, wax impaction
An oft-repeated caution in the doctor's office to patients goes something like this: "Put…
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